[HTML][HTML] Electron kinetic effects in back-stimulated Raman scattering bursts driven by broadband laser pulses

QK Liu, L Deng, Q Wang, X Zhang, FQ Meng… - Matter and Radiation …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We examine electron kinetic effects in broadband-laser-driven back-stimulated Raman
scattering (BSRS) bursts using particle-in-cell simulations. These bursts occur during the …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-beam energy transfer in direct-drive ICF. I. Nonlinear and kinetic effects

AG Seaton, L Yin, RK Follett, BJ Albright, A Le - Physics of Plasmas, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Results are presented from a series of simulations examining the susceptibility of the cross-
beam energy transfer (CBET) instability to nonlinear processes in the context of direct-drive …

[HTML][HTML] Production of high fluence laser beams using ion wave plasma optics

RK Kirkwood, PL Poole, DH Kalantar… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Optical components for laser beams with high peak and averaged powers are being
developed worldwide using stimulated plasma scattering that occurs when plasmas interact …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear models for coupling the effects of stimulated Raman scattering to inertial confinement fusion codes

DJ Stark, L Yin, TB Nguyen, G Chen, L Chacon… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Laser plasma instabilities (LPI) reduce driver-target coupling, alter implosion symmetry, and
therefore can fundamentally limit fusion performance in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) …

[HTML][HTML] Time-dependent saturation and physics-based nonlinear model of cross-beam energy transfer

L Yin, TB Nguyen, G Chen, L Chacon, DJ Stark… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear physics of cross-beam energy transfer (CBET) for multi-speckled laser beams
is examined using large-scale particle-in-cell simulations for a range of laser and plasma …

[HTML][HTML] PIC simulations of the competition between backward and forward stimulated Raman side scatter in ignition-scale direct-drive coronal conditions

Q Wang, CZ **ao, Y **e, HB Cai, J Chen, ZJ Liu… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The competition between forward stimulated Raman side scatter (FSRSS) and backward
stimulated Raman side scatter (BSRSS) is investigated in inhomogeneous plasma using …

The coupling mechanism between crossed-beams energy transfer and stimulated Brillouin scattering in homogeneous plasmas

Y Chen, Q Wang, CY Zheng, ZJ Liu, LH Cao… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The coupling mechanism between crossed beams energy transfer and stimulated Brillouin
scattering in homogeneous plasmas are studied by theoretical analysis, fluid simulations …